t was that time of  year again.  The Group of singles  set up to display the accomplishments they had done as a Group to advance the plight of the less fortunate in the community throughout the last twelve months.  The Civic Center Auditorium was filled to capacity by many different and diverse groups.  Everyone displayed their achievements of the year .

The singles Group set up and adorned the display tables with evidence and pictures of  all their accomplishments in helping the less fortunate.  Elvia, being a very spiritual person took a bible and its stand, which, without it the table would not have had a semblance of spirituality.  In addition to the bible and stand, Elvia took a beautiful potted plant, which Mario immediately christened Mathilda.  The plant is from the species aureus and is commonly known as Golden Pothos.   Elvia felt  that, without the plant, representation of life would be lacking.  The plant, then, symbolized life, existence; a creation of God. 

After the presentation by the different groups was over, which took the best of one day, Stella, the Group leader, told Mario to put everything away.   Terry, a singles group member, and  Mario had the last shift of the presentation. They were the only ones left of the Group.  Everyone else had left, including Elvia who said she couldn't  stay until the end of the event because she  had "better things to fry" and had to leave early.

Mario soon headed for home with Elvia's bible, bible stand and Mathilda, the plant,  on his side.  He was extremely careful with her, specially since Elvia had sternly told him to take good care of her plant until she was able to pick it up the next day.

Mario also has a plant.  It is from the species Dracaena and is commonly known as Dragon Tree.  His plant, however, is quite different than Elvia's.  In fact, where Elvia's plant is used to the richness of  well-mannered and expensive surroundings.  I mean, if you have ever been to Elvia's house, the inside looks like the Oval Blue Room of the White House.  You immediately notice all the expensive  artifacts and paintings by such famous artists as Van Gogh,  Domenikos Theotokopoulos, otherwise known as, El Greco.  She also has some  by Tintoretto, Michael Angelo, and even a Rembrandt. 

Yes, that's  the type of surroundings Mathilda was grown in.  On the other hand, Bonifacio, the name Mario gave his plant, was a homeless plant.  Someone who moved out of  one of the apartments in the apartment complex Mario lives in,

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